Department of Physical Education, Wellness, and Sport

The fields of Physical Education, Wellness and Sport are among the major
career growth areas of the next century. If you are going to position yourself to achieve success in these exciting professions, you’ll need the best preparation available: one that will provide you with the knowledge and skills to prepare you for leadership. READ MORE

At Union University, you’ll find all the ingredients: a superb faculty that will take a personal interest in your achievement; opportunities for on-the-job experience to equip you for future success; and a Christ-centered campus environment which values you as a person and helps you develop academically, emotionally and spiritually into all that God wants for you.

The Department of Physical Education, Wellness and Sport (PEWS) has at the center of its philosophy the development of a greater quality of life for all people. The aims of the department are to assist students in the following:

Developing physical skills for lifetime use

To develop scientific knowledge and attitudes for optimum development of health through fitness

To develop professionals for a variety of areas in professional and
amateur sports management and medicine

To offer wholesome recreation

To prepare teachers (coaches and physical educators) for many career
channels.

At Union, you’ll benefit from a superior program that is gaining increasing recognition:

In providing a curriculum specific to the job market and meeting
professional preparation standards;

In placing students in top internships with professional and other sports programs;

In developing professionals for careers in education, recreation and
professional sports;

In placing students in graduate school, teaching or coaching positions, professional sports organizations, and other recreation or wellness roles;

Student Organizations

Athletic Training Students' Association challenges its students to become highly effective athletic training professionals and leaders in the Christian community, incorporating both professional and spiritual growth in their life plans. It also provides an environment that fuses the medical sciences with Christian faith, ethics, and accountability in a variety of clinical settings of collegiate and high school athletics and the allied health care community. In addition, it supplies the needs of the athletic training students for a family setting while away from their traditional home.

Sigma Delta evolved from Union’s Physical Education Club and was officially chartered in the Fall of 1987. Founded at Morehead State University, Sigma Delta seeks to recognize and provide valuable learning experiences for deserving students who are majoring or minoring in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation. This co-educational fraternity accomplishes this goal through sponsorship of several health-related service projects. Membership is based upon the completion of at least fifteen hours of course work with an overall GPA of 2.75 or above and the completion of at least seven hours in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation with a minimal 3.25 GPA. Four of these hours must be in non-activity courses.

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X-Large5/1/14 - 23359Kelsey Risner, sophomore exercise science and wellness major, helps out with a carnival hosted by the Student Athlete Advisory Committee at the HUB Club in Jackson, Tennessee. - Jacob Moore